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I never thrived in high school.
I'm more than just a curvy girl.
As a child, I was so deeply insecure.
I like girly, colorful bathing suits.
Don't be afraid to show off who you are.
My favourite movies are 'Jawbreaker' and 'Heathers.'
I just love to disconnect from everything sometimes.
Tradition in fashion is held with such a high regard.
There's so much more to people than their differences.
We need to overcome the stereotype that genders aren't fluid.
There's absolutely no boundaries in dressing for any size, ever.
Denim on denim was my go-to look for most of my high school years.
I feel like, growing up, yes, I loved looking at fashion. I loved Tumblr.
I feel really comfortable and cute in bikini bottoms that have thick sides.
Acceptance is being able to feel beautiful in whatever you feel comfortable in.
I like inviting people over in the evening, because I don't like moving anywhere.
At first, I was scared that if I claimed I modeled, people would be like, 'What?'
I'm not overweight. I have and will always eat to nourish my body, and I work out.
You were not put on this earth to do everything to be sexually appealing to people.
Every day, I feel different. Sometimes I don't put on any makeup, and other times, I put on a ton.
The lullabies I grew up with were usually Brazilian religious ones, and they still soothe me into sleep.
I used to be insecure about my butt, but I no longer think of clothes as something to make me look skinnier.
Hair-wise, the move for me is to not wash it. I try to only wash it when I have to or for a shoot or something.
Looking at magazines and being someone who wanted to act, as a kid, I was very much influenced by things I saw.
I had a lot of difficulty growing up in a society where everything is very closed-minded, especially with beauty.
I typically get 7 to 8 hours, but I'm a 12-plus-hour sleeper. I need to go into hibernation once a week to refuel.
Social media opened up basically every opportunity for me because, traditionally, I wouldn't be thought of as a model.
The term 'plus size' is so inaccurate. I'm not plus size; I have never bought an article of clothing that was plus size.
My favorite models are always going to be the people who are pushing the boundary and challenging what it is to be a model.
I like forming connections with people who follow me on social media because they make me feel like everything is worth it.
Seeing someone that you can relate to in the media is everything as a child, and a lot of people are not granted that luxury.
You cannot look at someone and say they are unhealthy. You are not a doctor, and if you were, you'd realize why that's silly.
I hate workout classes... Every time I go into one, my anxiety is really high. I leave immediately - like, before the warm up!
Definitely, when anyone asks me what I eat - I think that's the most disrespectful thing. There's no winning with that question.
Not everyone relates to being a blond girl with blue eyes and is proportioned so she could barely walk if she was a real person.
I don't really listen to the media or anyone's perception of beauty, so it makes me almost immune to silly comments about my body.
Airbrushing has sold such a false idea of what a body looks like to the point where people can't tell what's real and what's fake.
I have been on the Internet for a long time and have always gotten hate on the Internet, so there is a thick skin I have developed.
I have a ton of guy friends who talk to me about their bodies, too. But boys are often left out of the body positivity conversation.
I'm a model, and I happen to model for curvy things, but at the end of the day, I'm still in front of a camera just like anyone else.
I like smoothies and things that go down smoothie-cool - when I used to live in Williamsburg, I used to get an acai bowl most mornings.
I'm a big runner, and I like to lift heavy. I'm not one for those little two-pound dumbbells - my goal is to be super-muscular in my 40s.
The way I move, the way I think, the way I handle myself - it might be by accident, but it's who I am, and I've just learned to own that.
I just want to make sure girls know they don't have to carry the weight of achieving nearly impossible standards on their shoulders every day.
I have been watching Youtube makeup tutorials since I was born. I did my own prom makeup and used to do peoples' makeup in high school for money.
Don't focus on your body. Love it, but know it'll never be up to society's standards because it's all Photoshop and exclusivity. And that's okay!
I rarely got retouched when I started modeling, and it was crucial to me to show an accurate, realistic picture of me because that's beautiful, too.
Curvy and plus-size models will just be models once it becomes more normalized and we get more representation and people are used to it and not shocked by it.
Showing young girls' realistically captured bodies in ads lets young girls realise that it's okay to have dimples, stretches, rolls, etc. since we're only human.
I think that people put a lot of worth into looks. Unfortunately, there's a standard that so many people look up to that is unrealistic for everyone's body type.